The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-26
WHAT GRAY HAIR COSTS.
THE FASHION OF GRAY LoCHS AND
HOW THEY ARE sUPFLIED.

THE FASHION or GRAY LOCKS, AND
HOW THEY ARE SUPPLIED.
The Power or the Ae,re.. In Setting ntyiss
since the Fall or the Empress Eune.io--
sieveniy Methods or the Present Day.
Since IL became fashionable to be gray the
price Of real gray hair has risen to enormous
figures. A hoirGressor in Sixth avenue re-
Gently filed an order for one OF his customers
for seven ounces OF gray hair rs inches long.
aud the prico was 500 IN ounce. or $500 for the
ORDER The Same amount and quality OF hghs
brown hair would have cost about sixty dol-
lars. The high price Is caused not only by the
great demand that has sprung UP for gray hair.
but because good live gray hair is scarce. Its
comparatively easy to secure scant, short gray
looks, put few heads yield the beautiful poarf
gray that is no fashionable whom their owners
grow old. The hair falls out, leaving what 70.
mains thin and OF poor quality. or II 1t remains
on the head the ends turn yellow and fray.
The ordinary lengths OF hair supplied TO order
are from 40 to % inches. Gray hair is not often
found 40 long. and, when 1t docs grow that
length. tho owner Ia usually found In that class
OF society that takes too much pride In Its hatf
to sell It. 1t takes ten times "a long to I'LL an
order for gray hnir as for the usual shades os
brown. The head Of tho largest hair house In
this city said that he would not undertake to
I'LL gray hair order to certainty within six
months, as he would have to send to his Eu-
ropean correspondents to get the goods. Al.
most all the live white hair comes from Eu.
rope, tho Swiss and Italians furnishing good
share Of 1t. They are accustomed to classin9
hair with their other crops. and to tending 10
with care. with the final sale Of It IN view.
Dealers draw a great distinction between
live gray hair and dead gray hair. 1.-Two gray
hair is taken from the heads OF live persons
and does not have to be put through any COLOR
ing or bleaching prooess before being offered
hair that has been put through processes TO
altered its structure. Dead gray hair Ii not
worth much more than dead halr OF any other
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ing else. 1t Gun be bought for from % TO $40 fn
to Gun end sbs shade
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leaves the hair ready TO receive the gray shade,
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the OF Co9Tnf Without danger to thhc
Q few silver threads among tho gold OF brEyn
or black. or whatever the color may BE- The
sRs aa Vii
be can help It, az. he runs the Risk Of ruinine
bieachinS operation that Is dangerous - the
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eSperatsd On By the chemicals employed In the
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Ing il it about than TIC Queen Gsd. Their srsy
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permanent gray Sslr that hairdrsssers have
primary process Ell 4 sss zane zane
s was ses M 70 ISIS b. named
Thenard. and In 1858 was used by d.; Richard
It's fea use as bsaehsr Is much o RECENT
It Is hard though to turn hair ga that thus has
ouehly bieachel- and the bleaching must BE-
Iopeatsd several times n, before TIC Seior Y fixed
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died. as the cellular structure has changed
and the hair has become = spongy hfSre;
Ing 4 every month Or SO az It grows out The
ter few years bleashins 4 breaks and drop.
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II Is hard to bleach black hair properly. After
sSe Waes a %sscr q
hair comes out wand tinges the water. The
operation may be repeated until the hair Is
very light. but the chances are against its ever
becoming the baby blonde shade a that L 50
The expert on hair that gave this information
neglected to say anything about rod hair. but
among his samples OF hair furnished to order
there was not act, one red He could run his PLACE
Monsieur L. Rauohfuss, the learned man who
furnished most OF the above knowledge. closed
So s hsr and
any more. They curl it up on top Of thor heads
and put u big hat over 4. while all they como to
q hairdresser for is to have the front Of their
hair out after the way some actress outs hers,
thing Tor the hair!resser's profession. It gave
the making OF fashions oyer. to actresses.
When Langtry came over all the E2me9 had
their hair out like hers. When Ellen Terry
styles win change again. But this = not art.
The clipping or curling or frizzing Of the bang
In this way or that way ts not hair dressing;
no etssnsion Is sVen 70 the rest tn' and
II prophesy there, will be change In this.
Women will tire OF following astresses and they
will return to the old times. They VAL regard
"a hsas hsse ss
why men should wear their hats In tho theatre
than women. Instead OF tucking their hair mp
in a hat women will have It dressed and the
profession Of hair dressing will revive"
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